Store-front construction



Dec. 16, 1924. 1,519,20

A. KATZ STORE FRONT CONSTRUCTION Filed March 6, 1923 vwahtoz 33% Ms awe mama Patented Dec. 16, 1924.

UNITED STATES ABRAHAM KA'IZ, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

STORE-FRONT CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed March. 6, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM Kn'rz, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Brooklyn in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Store-Front. Construction, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in store front construction for supporting the plate glass used for show windows and of the general class in which the supporting sashes are provided with passages for both ventilation and drainage.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a form of sash construction in which the several parts thereof may be readily assembled and adjusted to various thicknesses of glass and the latter secured in position with comparatively few connections.

A further object also provides means for detachably securing. the inner and outer sash members independently of each other so that either member may be removed or replaced while the opposite one remains fixed, thus affording means for inserting or removing the glass from either side of the frame.

A further object includes concealed means for ,adjustably clamping the opposite side edges of the outer sash member against the glass and the frame thereof.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference is had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various features of the invention are more particularly pointed out.

Figure l of the drawings is a transverse sectional view of a store front construction embodying the present invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the same shown partially in section.

Figure 3 is a fragmental view in front elevation showing one of the draining and ventilating passages at the base of the outer sash member- Figure at is a front elevation, showing the outer sash members in full lines and the in ner sash members indotted lines.

In the drawings numeral 1 designates the sill 'or fixed frame of the window provided with an inwardly projecting fixed frame section 1, one face of the latter being covered by the sheathing. member 2. At its inner Serial No. 623,190.

margin the sheathing member 2 is shaped to form a molding 3, while its opposite or outer edge is shaped to cover the. outer edge face of the projecting frame member 1, and to form a projecting beveled seat 4: thereon.

Upon the sheathing member 2 which covers the sill or lower member of the frame are carried a plurality of spaced bearing blocks 5 adapted to support the vertical weight of the glass 6, and for resisting the lateral or inward thrust of the latter an inner sash member 7 is provided and shaped at its opposite side edges to form bearing flanges adapted to respectively engage the glass 6 and the sheathing member 2, the latter flange, indicated at 8, being disposed at its free edge to engage a wall of the molding 3 and serve therewith to resist the thrust of the glass. F or fixedly securing the members 7 and 2 to the projecting member 1 a line of screws 9 is provided which pass through the flange 8. The member 7 in connection with the contacting wall of the molding 3 respectively serves as the bottom and side walls of a drainage gutter on the sill section of the frame. Passages 10 are formed at the base of the sash member 7 and positioned to carry away water of condensation or window washing collected by the gutter.

The outer or exposed portion of the frame 1 is preferably covered with a sheet metal facing 11, the inner edge thereof being flanged to receive in lapped relation the free outer edge of the sheathing member 2. A similar sheet metal facing is provided for the bearing blocks 5 as indicated in the drawing.

For resisting the outward thrust of the glass an. outer sash member 12 is provided and shaped at its opposite side edges to form inwardly extending clips or flanges arranged to respectively bear against the glass and upon the facing 11 of the frame, and for securing this sash member a concealed clamp member 13 is employed having flanges formed at its opposite side edges and disposed to engage the inwardly extending clips. Intermediate the side flanges the clamp member 13 is provided with an incli-ned section 14 and a-threaded section 15, the former being correspondingly shaped to conform with' and bear against the inclined seat 4t of the sheathing member 2, and the latter engaging the screw 1 6 v extending through the frame section 1 and provided. with an interior head by means of which the clamp member may jointly and adjustably effect the clamping action of the outer sash member both against the glass and against the facing 11 of the sill or frame members, the clamping against the latter being afforded by the engagement between the movable inclined section 1 1 and the fixed beveled projecting seat 4 formed on the sheathing member 2. To effect this clamping action, the screws 16 pass loosely through perforations both in the frame section 1 and the adjacent portion of the sheathing member 2, thus permitting the inclined section 14 to engage and slide over the fixed seat 4.

As indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, the drainage from the gutter at 8 will flow through the passages 10 of the inner sash member 7 and over the inner sheathing member 2 and between the blocks 5 and from which point it will continue through the passages 17 in the clamp member 13 to the facing 11 of the frame member 1 and thence escape through the passages 18 in the base of the outer sash member 12, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 3. The passages thus indicated for drainage will also serve for the purpose of ventilation.

It is to be'understood that the bearing blocks 5 upon which the weight of the glass is carried, are provided for the lower sill member of the frame only, while the remaining parts shown in the drawings apply to the several frame members extending entirely around. on all four side edges of the glass for the lateral support thereof and for ventilation.

\Vhile I have shown the clamp member 13 as being provided with passages 17 it will be obvious that these members may be made in relatively narrow lengths, spaced apart, and each provided with a screw 16; in which case the passages 17 may be omitted and the drainage allowed to pass between the clamp members.

By withdrawing the screws 9 and disconnecting the inner sash members 7 extending around the inner side edges of the glass, the latter may then be readily removed from the inside of the frame while the outside members 12 and 13 are retained in position, or the glass may be removed from the outside of the frame by withdrawing the screws "16 and disconnecting the outside sash'members 12 and the clamp members 13, while the inside members 7 remain in supporting I position.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters atent, is:

1. In a glass setting, a fixed supporting frame having its inner faces surrounding the marginal edges of the glass, a pair of sash members carried by each of the inner faces of said frame and disposed on opposite sides of the glass for the lateral support of the latter, and means for detachably securing either member of each pair to said frame independently of the other member of the same pair, whereby the sash members on either one of the sides of the glass may be removed while those on the opposite side remain fixed to permit the glass to be inserted, or removed from either side of the frame.

2. In a glass setting, a fixed supporting frame having its inner faces surrounding the marginal edges of the glass, means for carrying the vertical weight of the glass, a pair of sash members carried by each of the inner faces of said frame and disposed on opposite sides of the glass, and means for detachably securing either member of each pair to said frame independently of the other member of the same pair.

3. In a glass setting, a fixed supporting frame having its inner faces surrounding the marginal edges of the glass, a pair of sash members carried by each of the inner faces of said frame and disposed on opposite sides of the glass, one member of each pair being adjustable with respect to the other member of the same pair, and means for detachably securing either member of each pair to said frame independently of the other member of the same pair.

4. In a. glass setting, a fixed supporting frame having its inner faces surrounding the marginal edges of the glass, a pair of sash members carried by each of the inner faces of said frame and disposed on opposite sides of the glass, means for detachably securing either member of each pair to said frame independently of the other member of the same pair, and passageways formed in each of the sash members of each pair and communicating with each opposite member around the marginal edges of the glass.

5. In a glass setting, the combination of a supporting frame, a sash member having its opposite side edges provided with clamping flanges arranged to respectively engage said frame and glass, an inclined clamping seat in said frame, a clamping member having opposite clamping edges disposed to engage the. clamping flanges of said sash memher and provided with an inclined section adapted to engage the inclined clamping seat of said supporting frame, and a screw carried by said frame and engaging said clamping member and effecting the clamping action of said sash member jointly against said supporting frame and glass.

6. In a glass setting, the combination of a supporting frame, sash members having their opposite side edges provided with clamping flanges arranged to respectively engage said frame and glass, inclined clamping seats in said frame, clamping members having opposite clamping edges disposed to engage the clamping flanges of said sash members and provided with inclined sections adapted to engage the inclined clamping seats in said frame, and screws carried by said frame and engaging said clamping members and effecting the clamping action of said sash members jointly against said. supporting frame and glass.

7. In a glass setting, afixed supporting frame having its inner faces surrounding the marginal edges of the glass, inner and outer sash members carried by each of the inner faces of said frame and disposed on opposite sides of the glass, and means concealed from the outside for detachably securing said outer sash members to said frame independently of the securing means of the inner sash members.

8. In a glass setting, a fixed supporting frame having its inner faces surrounding the marginal edges of the glass, inner and outer sash members carried by each of the inner faces of said frame and disposed to laterally sup-port the glass on opposite sides, means for detachably securing said inner and outer sash members to said frame independently of each other, passageways formed in said inner and outer sash members and communicating with each other around the marginal edges of the glass, and a drainage gutter formed on the inner sash member in comn'iunicat-ion with said passageways thereof.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 23rd day of February A. D. 1923.

ABRAHAM KATZ. 

